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Research on Ancient DNA in the Near East Mateusz Baca*1, Martyna Molak2 1 Center for Precolumbian Studies, University of Warsaw, Ul
Bioarchaeology of the Near East, 2:39–61 (2008) Research on ancient DNA in the Near East Mateusz Baca*1, Martyna Molak2 1 Center for Precolumbian Studies, University of Warsaw, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland email: [email protected] (corresponding author) 2 Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, ul. Pawińskiego 5a, 05-106 Warsaw, Poland Abstract: In the early 1990s, when studies of ancient DNA became possible, new perspectives of analyzing archaeological data also developed. Nowadays, because the methodology related to ancient DNA research is well developed, it has been used to reveal several aspects of human history and interaction. Here we review the basic concepts, methodologies, and recent developments in the fi eld of ancient DNA studies with a special refe- rence to the Near East. Th is includes not only human but also animal and bacterial DNA. Key words: archaeogenetics, aDNA, mtDNA, tuberculosis, animal domestication Introduction Human genomes accumulate mutations gradually over time. Th e forces of genetic drift and natural selection either cause these changes to disappear or to become established in the popu- lation. By the end of the 1990s, Amorim (1999) introduced the term “archaeogenetics” in reference to using information regarding genetic diff erences between humans to understand demographic events that took place in the past. Pioneering studies of human genetic diversity date back to 1970s when Cavalli-Sforza published a report on the diversity of European populations based on classic protein mark- ers (see Cavalli-Sforza et al. 1994 for a review). In the mid-eighties, great opportunities for studying human diversity arose with the invention of polymerase chain reaction (PCR). -
120 'NOTITIAE Fouilles Et Travaux Au Soudan, 1955-1960 (*) J. LECLANT
120 'NOTITIAE Fouilles et travaux au Soudan, 1955-1960 (*) J. LECLANT - Strasbourg En juin 1955, M. Jean Vercoutter a remplacé M. P. L. Shinnie comme « Comm.issioner for Archaeology » à la tête du Service des Anti quités du Soudan('). La tâche essentielle qui s'est posée à lui a été l'étude et la sauvegarde des sites et monuments situés dans la zone menacée de submersion par la construction du Sadd el Ah; comme on le sait,, la vallée, au Soudan, (*) Pour les fouilles et travaux au Soudan depuis 1948, cf. Orientalia, 20, 1951, p. 351-355; 22, 1953, p. 105; 24, 1955, p. 159-163, ainsi que J. Le clatit, French Archaeological Digest, Archaeology 1945-1955, Part I (New York, 1956), p. 73-74. (I) Les importants travaux de J. Vercoutter et de ses collaborateurs Thabit Hassan Thabit, Sadik Nur, Nigm ed Din Mohammed, Aluned Hassan Ibrahim ont été l'objet de rapports très réguliers et précis, pré sentés par M. J. Vercoutter. Ils sont à la base du présent compte rendu, essntieh1ement bibliographique. - 10 Il y a d'abord les rapports du Ser vice des Antiquités du Soudan, que nous citerons sous la forme abrégée Report, suivi de la date de la campagne envisagée; afin de permettre un report bibliographique exact au titre complet de ces plaquettes, nous indiquons ici-même leurs titres: Sudan Government, Report on the Antiq«i ties Service and Museums 1954-1955, by H. N. Chittick (McCorquodale and Co., Sudan, s. d.); The Republic of the Sudan, Report on the Antiquities Service and Museums 1955-1956, by Dr. -
Early Hydraulic Civilization in Egypt Oi.Uchicago.Edu
oi.uchicago.edu Early Hydraulic Civilization in Egypt oi.uchicago.edu PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY A Series Edited by Karl W. Butzer and Leslie G. Freeman oi.uchicago.edu Karl W.Butzer Early Hydraulic Civilization in Egypt A Study in Cultural Ecology Internet publication of this work was made possible with the generous support of Misty and Lewis Gruber The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London oi.uchicago.edu Karl Butzer is professor of anthropology and geography at the University of Chicago. He is a member of Chicago's Committee on African Studies and Committee on Evolutionary Biology. He also is editor of the Prehistoric Archeology and Ecology series and the author of numerous publications, including Environment and Archeology, Quaternary Stratigraphy and Climate in the Near East, Desert and River in Nubia, and Geomorphology from the Earth. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London ® 1976 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 1976 Printed in the United States of America 80 79 78 77 76 987654321 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Butzer, Karl W. Early hydraulic civilization in Egypt. (Prehistoric archeology and ecology) Bibliography: p. 1. Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B. C. 2. Human ecology--Egypt. 3. Irrigation=-Egypt--History. I. Title. II. Series. DT61.B97 333.9'13'0932 75-36398 ISBN 0-226-08634-8 ISBN 0-226-08635-6 pbk. iv oi.uchicago.edu For INA oi.uchicago.edu oi.uchicago.edu CONTENTS List of Illustrations Viii List of Tables ix Foreword xi Preface xiii 1. -
Revue D'ethnoécologie, 15 | 2019
Cotton in ancient Sudan and Nubia: archaeological sources and historical implications Yvanez, Elsa Cécile Francine; Wozniak, Magdalena Published in: Revue d'Ethnoécologie DOI: 10.4000/ethnoecologie.4429 Publication date: 2019 Document version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Document license: CC BY-NC-ND Citation for published version (APA): Yvanez, E. C. F., & Wozniak, M. (2019). Cotton in ancient Sudan and Nubia: archaeological sources and historical implications. Revue d'Ethnoécologie, 15. https://doi.org/10.4000/ethnoecologie.4429 Download date: 24. Sep. 2021 Revue d’ethnoécologie 15 | 2019 Cotton in the Old World Cotton in ancient Sudan and Nubia Archaeological sources and historical implications Le coton en Nubie et au Soudan anciens : sources archéologiques et implications historiques Elsa Yvanez and Magdalena M. Wozniak Electronic version URL: http://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/4429 DOI: 10.4000/ethnoecologie.4429 ISSN: 2267-2419 Publisher Laboratoire Eco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie Electronic reference Elsa Yvanez and Magdalena M. Wozniak, « Cotton in ancient Sudan and Nubia », Revue d’ethnoécologie [Online], 15 | 2019, Online since 30 June 2019, connection on 10 December 2019. URL : http:// journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/4429 ; DOI : 10.4000/ethnoecologie.4429 This text was automatically generated on 10 December 2019. Revue d'ethnoécologie est mis à disposition selon les termes de la licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification 4.0 International. Cotton in ancient Sudan and Nubia 1 Cotton in ancient Sudan and Nubia Archaeological sources and historical implications Le coton en Nubie et au Soudan anciens : sources archéologiques et implications historiques Elsa Yvanez and Magdalena M. -
Inferring the Social Organization of Medieval Upper Nubia Using Nonmetric Traits of the Skull
INFERRING THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF MEDIEVAL UPPER NUBIA USING NONMETRIC TRAITS OF THE SKULL By Emily Rose Streetman A DISSERTATION Submitted to Michigan State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Anthropology – Doctor of Philosophy 2018 ABSTRACT INFERRING THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF MEDIEVAL UPPER NUBIA USING NONMETRIC TRAITS OF THE SKULL By Emily Rose Streetman Medieval Nubia was composed of three kingdoms located along the Middle Nile. Although biological distance (biodistance) research has demonstrated population continuity in this region, little is known about the population structure or social organization in any single era. The Medieval Period (550–1500 CE) was a particularly dynamic one in Nubia, since all three kingdoms converted to Christianity in the mid-sixth century CE, and neighboring polities converted to Islam a century later. The political ramifications of these conversions have been studied at a large scale, but little research has investigated the local processes that comprise social organization during this time. Minimal research has used contemporary populations to analyze regional, local, and family level social organization in Nubia. Biodistances were investigated through nonmetric traits of the skull in six cemeteries from three archaeologically defined sites in modern northern Sudan, using Mahalanobis D2 distance, among other statistical tests. The six cemeteries in this study are from Mis Island (three cemeteries), Kulubnarti (two cemeteries), and Gabati (one cemetery). Mis Island and Kulubnarti were part of the same kingdom (Makuria) from the seventh century on, while Gabati was part of the far Upper Nubian kingdom of Alwa. When cemeteries from the same sites are pooled, results show that the two more northerly sites were more closely related, while the third site, located in a different kingdom, was biologically distant. -
The Sudan Archaeological Research Society Bulletin No. 17 2013 ASWAN 1St Cataract
SUDAN & NUBIA The Sudan Archaeological Research Society Bulletin No. 17 2013 ASWAN 1st cataract Egypt RED SEA W a d i el- A lla qi 2nd cataract Batn el-Hajar W a d i Akasha G a b g Sedeinga a b Jebel Dosha a Tinare Jawgul 3rd cataract ABU HAMED e Sudan il N El-Ga’ab Kawa Basin Sudan Military KAREIMA 4th cataract Fifth Railway Cataract el-Kurru Dangeil Usli Berber ED-DEBBA ATBARA ar Gala ow i H Wad Abu Ahmed es-Sour A tb el-Metemma a r m a k a li e d M d l- a e adi q W u 6th cataract M i d a W OMDURMAN KHARTOUM KASSALA B lu e Eritrea N i le MODERN TOWNS Ancient sites WAD MEDANI Atbara/Setiet W h it e N i GEDAREF le Aba Island KOSTI SENNAR N Ethiopia South 0 250 km Sudan S UDAN & NUBIA The Sudan Archaeological Research Society Bulletin No. 17 2013 Contents Dangeil 2012: Sacred Ram – Avatar of the God Amun 70 Julie Anderson and Salah Mohamed Ahmed Reports Dangeil, A Preliminary Report on the Petrography 78 Lithic Material from the Late Neolithic Site of 2 Meredith Brand es-Sour, Central Sudan A Third Season of Rescue Excavations in the Meroitic 90 Azhari Mustafa Sadig Cemetery at Berber, October 2012: Preliminary Report ‘Pharaonic’ Sites in the Batn el-Hajar – the 8 Mahmoud Suliman Bashir ‘Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia’ Revisited. Jawgul – A Village Between Towers 101 David N. Edwards and A. J. Mills Mariusz Drzewiecki and Piotr Maliński A Note on the Akasha Rock-Inscriptions [21-S-29] 17 The Archaeology of the Medieval and Post-Medieval 109 Vivian Davies Fortress at Tinare in the Northern El-Mahas Creating a Virtual Reconstruction -
Stable Isotope Analysis of Hair from Christian Period Kulubnarti in Sudanese Nubia Hillary Jane Glasgow University of Colorado at Boulder, [email protected]
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by CU Scholar Institutional Repository University of Colorado, Boulder CU Scholar Anthropology Graduate Theses & Dissertations Anthropology Spring 1-1-2011 Stable Isotope Analysis of Hair from Christian Period Kulubnarti in Sudanese Nubia Hillary Jane Glasgow University of Colorado at Boulder, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://scholar.colorado.edu/anth_gradetds Part of the Biochemistry Commons, and the Biological and Physical Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Glasgow, Hillary Jane, "Stable Isotope Analysis of Hair from Christian Period Kulubnarti in Sudanese Nubia" (2011). Anthropology Graduate Theses & Dissertations. Paper 10. This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Anthropology at CU Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Anthropology Graduate Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of CU Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF HAIR FROM CHRISTIAN PERIOD KULUBNARTI IN SUDANESE NUBIA by HILLARY JANE GLASGOW B.S., Kansas State University, 2006 A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Anthropology 2011 This thesis entitled: Stable Isotope Analysis of Hair from Christian Period Kulubnarti in Sudanese Nubia written by Hillary Jane Glasgow has been approved by the Department of Anthropology Dr. Matt Sponheimer Dr. Dennis Van Gerven Dr. Michelle Sauther Date The final copy of this thesis has been examined by the signatories, and we find that both the content and the form meet acceptable presentation standards of scholarly work in the above mentioned discipline. -
Dietary Seasonal Variations in the Medieval Nubian Population of Kulubnarti As 2 Indicated by the Stable Isotope Composition of Hair
1 Dietary seasonal variations in the Medieval Nubian population of Kulubnarti as 2 indicated by the stable isotope composition of hair 3 Walaa A. Basha,a* Angela L. Lamb, b Moushira E. Zaki,a Wafaa A. Kandeel,a Nagui H. Fares,c 4 Andrew T. Chamberlain.d 5 6 a Biological Anthropology Department, Medical research division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt 7 b NERC Isotope, Geosciences Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK 8 c Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt 9 d School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, UK 10 11 *Corresponding author. Tel.:+201023815246 12 E-mail address: [email protected] 13 14 Abstract 15 Objectives: The island of Kulubnarti is located in Sudanese Nubia and contains two 16 cemeteries, named R and S, which are dated to AD 550-800. In order to provide more 17 detailed dietary information for this population and examine seasonality of diet, we 18 analyzed the carbon isotope composition of hair samples from both cemeteries. 19 Materials and methods: Forty seven separate hair samples from 8 adults, 29 adolescents, 20 7 infants and 3 individuals with unknown age were analyzed. Long hair samples were cut 21 transversely and divided into 2 cm longitudinal segments, to examine temporal variations 22 in the dietary carbon sources. 23 Results: The average carbon isotope value for the whole population was -17.95 ‰ 24 (SD=1.8). A significant difference between the two cemeteries was found with variances 25 in the amount of C4 dietary carbon sources consumed. 26 Discussion: The results of hair isotope compositions concur with previous soft tissue 27 investigations of Kulubnarti population which suggested that the dietary regimen contains 28 a mix of C3 and C4 plant-based sources. -
British Archaeological Reports
British Archaeological Reports Gordon House, 276 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7ED, England Tel +44 (0) 1865 311914 Fax +44 (0) 1865 512231 [email protected] www.archaeopress.com TITLES IN PRINT DECEMBER 2013 BAR INTERNATIONAL SERIES The BAR series of archaeological monographs were started in 1974 by Anthony Hands and David Walker. From 1991, the publishers have been Tempus Reparatum, Archaeopress and John and Erica Hedges. From 2010 they are published exclusively by Archaeopress. Descriptions of the Archaeopress titles are to be found on www.archaeopress.com Publication proposals to [email protected] Sign up to our ALERTS SERVICE Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/Archaeopress. and Twitter www.twitter.com/archaeopress BAR –S99 2001 (1981) The Defence of Byzantine Africa from Justinian to the Arab Conquest An account of the military history and archaeology of the African provinces in the sixth and seventh centuries by Denys Pringle. ISBN 0860541193. £18.00. AVAILABLE ONLY AS PDF DOWNLOAD £18.00 inc VAT. BAR –S545, 1989 Ecology, Settlement and History in the Osmore Drainage, Peru edited by Don S. Rice, Charles Stanish and Philip R. Scarr. ISBN 0 86054 692 6. £42.00. BAR –S546, 1989 Formal Variation in Australian Spear and Spearthrower Technology by B. J. Cundy. ISBN 0 86054 693 4. £13.00. BAR –S547, 1989 The Early Roman Frontier in the Upper Rhine Area Assimilation and Acculturation on a Roman Frontier by Marcia L. Okun. ISBN 0 86054 694 2. £25.00. BAR –S548, 1989 Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 1989 edited by Sebastian Rahtz and Julian Richards. -
The Sudan Archaeological Research Society; the First 25 Years Derek A
SUDAN & NUBIA The Sudan Archaeological Research Society; the first 25 years Derek A. Welsby Since its foundation in 1991 the Sudan Archaeological Re- search Society has made a significant contribution to the study of Sudan’s archaeology and heritage and to publicising them through lectures, publications and its website. Much has changed in Sudan since 1991, the most fundamental being the division of the country into the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan in 2011. In some parts of the Plate 2. A ferry crossing the Nile to Merowe in 2003. Sudans peaceful conditions prevail offering the possibility plains (Plate 3). Sign posts were non-existent. The route was of fieldwork while other areas have for extended periods once described thus – “coming out of Omdurman head just become closed to archaeological and anthropological activi- to the left of the hills you see to the north west, drive for ties. Although the interests of the Society cover the whole of about 5 hours then make sure not to take the track veering off the two Sudans it has not been directly involved in organising to the right. After another 6 hours going more or less north or funding projects in the south or west. Its activities mir- turn sharply to the east and you will hit the river at Dongola”. ror the focus of research particularly along the Nile Valley Fuel could be obtained in Khartoum – the next fuel stop but also to a lesser extent in the adjacent desert areas and in was in Dongola. Crossing the river was a time consuming Eastern Sudan. -
Stable Isotope Analysis of Hair from Christian Period Kulubnarti In
STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF HAIR FROM CHRISTIAN PERIOD KULUBNARTI IN SUDANESE NUBIA by HILLARY JANE GLASGOW B.S., Kansas State University, 2006 A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Anthropology 2011 This thesis entitled: Stable Isotope Analysis of Hair from Christian Period Kulubnarti in Sudanese Nubia written by Hillary Jane Glasgow has been approved by the Department of Anthropology Dr. Matt Sponheimer Dr. Dennis Van Gerven Dr. Michelle Sauther Date The final copy of this thesis has been examined by the signatories, and we find that both the content and the form meet acceptable presentation standards of scholarly work in the above mentioned discipline. ii Glasgow, Hillary Jane (M.A., Department of Anthropology) Stable Isotope Analysis of Hair from Christian Period Kulubnarti in Sudanese Nubia Thesis directed by Associate Professor Matt Sponheimer Stable isotope analysis of hair was used to investigate the dietary patterns of individuals from the Christian period Sudanese Nubian site of Kulubnarti, taking into consideration established patterns of health. Over three decades of research has shown consistent differences between two cemetery populations, believed to represent diachronic periods of use. In this study, carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were analyzed to reconstruct aspects of diet, while oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios were analyzed to evaluate the belief that S cemetery dates to the Early Christian period (A.D. 600-850), while the R cemetery dates to the Late Christian period (A.D. 1100-1400). These isotopic data suggest that diets were very similar between the two populations, and therefore did not directly cause the observed differential patterns of stress. -
Tetracycline Labeled Bone Content Analysis of Ancient Nubian Remains from Kulubnarti
TETRACYCLINE LABELED BONE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT NUBIAN REMAINS FROM KULUBNARTI THESIS Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Julie Anna Margolis Graduate Program in Anthropology The Ohio State University 2015 Master's Examination Committee: Dr. Clark Spencer Larsen, co-advisor Dr. Samuel D. Stout, co-advisor Dr. Douglas E. Crews Copyrighted by Julie Anna Margolis 2015 ABSTRACT Armelagos and colleagues (2001) have hypothesized that beer is a conduit for in vivo tetracycline consumption by ancient Nubians. Streptomycetes bacteria has a high prevalence in Sudanese-Nubian soil (60 -70%) and secretes the antibiotic under harsh conditions such as fermentation. At the site of Kulubnarti, 21-S-46 cemetery (716 CE) skeletons likely represent a working underclass contemporaneous with the 21-R-2 cemetery (752 CE) containing the remains of a land-owning class. Interpretations of archaeological and osteological evidence suggest that poorer health and higher mortality occurred in the S population. To test whether an anticipated difference in tetracycline ingestion between S and R cemetery populations existed, the amount of tetracycline- labeled bone was quantified under ultra violet light using image analysis software. Amount of tetracycline labeling was expressed in terms of the total area of labeled bone tissue in square micrometers, number of labeled osteons, and number of grid intersections over labeled bone. No significant differences in percent tetracycline-labeled bone tissue, or percent labeled osteons was observed between cemeteries. These results suggest that tetracycline ingestion was similar for S and R group members, class differences were not mediating tetracycline ingestion, and both sub-groups had equal access to beer.